Chichester
Chichester is a gold exploration project in the Shire of Ashburton, Western Australia, earlier explored for diamond and iron ore. Its 6 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 2004 and 2025, most recently Meentheena Gold Pty Ltd in 2025.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Chichester, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 29 live and pending tenements sit over the Chichester ground, held under 14 names.
- Which tenements sit over this ground, and who holds each
- The area they cover and when they expire
- The main holders here, by number of titles
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Chichester
- Local government
- Shire of Ashburton
- Commodities targeted
- Diamond 4 · Iron 2 · Gold 1
- Work on record
- Stream sediment sampling 4 · Geophysical interpretation 3 · Indicator minerals 3 · Ilmenite 2 · Satellite imagery 2 · Aerial colour photography 1 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Geological mapping 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 5 of 6 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 5 · Final Surrender 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A149235 | 2025 | Meentheena Gold Pty Ltd | Final Surrender Mineral Exploration Report for Chichester E47/5012 for the period ending 16/05/2025. |
| A104507 | 2015 | Brockman Mining Australia Pty Ltd | Chichester Project E45/3693 Annual Report for the year ended 03/12/2013 to 02/12/2014 |
| A74782 | 2007 | De Beers Australia Exploration Ltd | Chichester Project, Combined Annual Report C22/2003, for the period ending 13 February 2007 |
| A72125 | 2006 | De Beers Australia Exploration Ltd | Chichester Project, Combined Annual Report C22/2003 for Period Ending 13 February 2006, (E47/1107,1108,1110, P |
| A70180 | 2005 | De Beers Australia Exploration Ltd | Combined annual report for the period 14/02/04 - 13/02/05 Chichester Project, C22/2003, E47/1105, E47/1107, E4 |
| A68387 | 2004 | De Beers Australia Exploration Ltd | Chichester Project E47/1102, E47/1103, E47/1105, E47/1107 E47/1108, E47/1109, E47/1110, Combined annual repor |
Other projects in the Shire of Ashburton
What does the exploration record say about Chichester?
NextMaps reads the WAMEX reports over a chosen area into a referenced prospectivity assessment: the geology, the historical programs, the drill intercepts and geochemistry, and the untested gaps, with every claim cited back to its source report. New accounts include a free report. How the reports work.
Get the free report Open this ground on the mapTenure data sourced from the DMPE public registers and SLIP WA (© Government of Western Australia, CC BY 4.0). Compiled by NextMaps. Verify against primary sources before reliance.